The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is a problem-focused and curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research institute and graduate program, with interest and expertise in a wide range of topics under the realm of environment…

Master of Arts in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MA)

Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)

Land and water are essential resources required to sustain human needs, including food security, maintenance of environmental goods and services, and all forms of useable energy. Managing land and water as an integrated system provides a framework to aid society to achieve the goals of an improved…

Master of Science in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MSc)

UBC Researchers

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Atleo, Tara

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous economics; Indigenous peoples environmental knowledge; Sustainability management; Sustainable development and policy; Sustainability Management; Communities and Indigenous Knowledge; Stewardship Economics

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Beck, Sara

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural environment sciences; Water quality; Innovative water treatment solutions; Ultraviolet disinfection mechanisms; Applications of UV LEDs (light emitting diodes); Water disinfection; Water reuse; Applied environmental microbiology

Boedhihartono, Agni

Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Forestry sciences; Other studies in human society, n.e.c.; Visual arts and media arts, n.e.c.; Natural resource management; biodiversity; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Forest management; Land-use Change; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods; Arts and Conservaion; Landstewardship; Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Arts for Conservation; Visual anthropology; Forests and Societies

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Chan, Kai

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural environment sciences; Human Ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Applied Ethics; Values and Lifestyles; Sustainable Development; conservation finance; Conservation science; cultural ecosystem services; Ecosystem services; environmental assessment; environmental values; incentive programs; payments for ecosystem services; resilience; social-ecological systems; sustainability science

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Eskelson, Bianca

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural resource management; Forest Biometrics; Forest Modelling; Disturbance Effects; Management Effects; Climate Effects

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Farrugia Drakard, Veronica

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology); Biodiversity; Phycology (including marine grasses); benthic ecology; Phycology; eco-engineering; kelp physiology

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Giang, Amanda

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric sciences; Mechanical engineering; Natural environment sciences; Atmospheric Pollutants; Chemical Pollutants; Climate Changes and Impacts; Public Policies; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection

Gulati, Sumeet

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agricultural economics; Wildlife and habitat management; Ecological policy; Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict; Economics of Urban Transportation; Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes; Effectiveness of Environmental Policy; International Trade and its Effect on the Environment; Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy

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Hunt, Brian

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology); Biological oceanography; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Ecological impacts of climate change; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); marine food webs; ecosystem oceanography; plankton dynamics; open ocean; Coastal Ecosystems; climate change impacts on the ocean; salmon ecology; food web nutrition; microplastics; stable isotopes; forage fish; zooplankton; Urban oceans; Thiamine defficiency; Stormwater

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Johnson, Mark

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Geology; Natural environment sciences; Agriculture; Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Climate Changes and Impacts; data science; Ecohydrology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Fresh Water; Ground Water and Water Tables; Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs; Land and Soil; land use; Running Water Hydrosystem; Water and Sustainability

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Kremen, Claire

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural environment sciences; Zoology; agroecological farming systems; Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes

Kumar, Gaurav

Faculty of Forestry

Postdoctoral Fellow

Operations Research; Decision Analytics; Logistics & Supply chain management; Freight Transportation;

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Lerner, Jackie

Faculty of Science

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Environmental impact assessment; Land use and environmental planning; cumulative effects assessment; gender-based analysis

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Moore, Alex

Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Plant-animal interactions; Global change biology; Ecological restoration (except bioremediation); Applied community and ecosystem ecology; impact of predator-prey interactions on the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems; role of cultural values and knowledge in ecosystem restoration conservation; Global change impacts on coastal environments

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Orsi, Anais

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric measurement techniques; Physics of snow and ice; Cryosphere processes, n.e.c.; Isotope geochemistry; Geochronology; Environmental geochemistry; Quantitative methods for environmental sciences; Earth system sciences; Climate change impacts and adaptation; climate change; Polar climate; Data analysis, inverse modeling; Paleoclimate

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Pratap-Singh, Anubhav

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Food chemistry (including fermentation); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; cold plasma; food engineering; food processing; Functional Foods; heat transfer; high pressure; mass transfer; novel non-thermal processing; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; pasteurization; pulsed light; sterilization

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Ramankutty, Navin

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural environment sciences; Public administration; Public policy; Public security policy; Agriculture; Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate impacts; Environment and Society; Global food security; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture

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Vincent, Amanda

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Ecological applications, n.e.c.; Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology); Biodiversity; Natural environment sustainability studies; Natural resource management; Wildlife and habitat management

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Zhao, Jiaying

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Natural environment sciences; Psychology and cognitive sciences

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